Category Archives: Feature

My wife had plans to have lunch with a few old high schoolmates at the Windmill Cafe in Pella on Monday. I did not want to go but that made no difference. I went. I drove my old ’54 over there. The car sits pretty low. I pulled into a parking place near the cafe and jumped...

An air of jubilation and pandemonium was evident Friday night, Sept. 29, at this year’s final Fifth Quarter as it came to decisive end with the Hawks defeating the Pekin Panthers at the homecoming game! Lynnville Heart of Worship church has been sponsoring and supporting this event for the past four years with this year’s...

In this week’s featured kitchen, there is never a dull moment with two little boys underfoot. Christian, age 2-1/2, and Ellington, age 1-1/2, keep their parents, Andy and Jamie Dunsbergen, busy playing tractors, reading books, and getting into everything little boys like to explore. The Dunsbergens call a rural New Sharon acreage their home, which...

This week was super trash day. You could set out any huge piece of junk you wanted rid of no matter how big and ugly. My wife absolutely hates my little old Honda that has the chrome stacks up each side. It was a good thing I glanced out the window before going to bed. She...

It’s homecoming week in Sully, and it’s only fitting we feature quite possibly one of the busiest households in town, the Parkinson family. Mike and Sara Parkinson have called Sully their home field for the past five years, where Mike is the head varsity football coach and boys track coach along with teaching social studies...

Greetings, you readers of the paper! It's been awhile, and while I was gone, I've had a lot of time to think. Think of things utterly pointless. Things like ... Is Google male or female? I've come to the conclusion it's obviously female because it doesn't let you finish your sentence without suggesting other ideas. At a movie theater,...